Clubs & Campus Media

Our television station produces live telecasts of Division I basketball games with the help of a network-level sports production facility once used for major-league sports;

Our radio station is consistently voted one of the Top 10 college stations in the U.S.;

Our award-winning student newspaper, The Bona Venture (The BV), has been publishing since 1926.

Students have numerous opportunities to put their classroom instruction to work in these campus media outlets:

BROADCASTING

SBU-TV (News, Sports & More)

Students learn television news production in a modern digital setting in the Koop Broadcasting Lab on campus. Open daily, under the direction of student lab assistants, the facility is available to School of Communication students for the production of student-produced programs, video production and other projects.

SBU-TV Sports offers students the chance to present journalism on the fly. Our TV production broadcast facility, complete with 10 cameras, lets students direct and produce live sporting events. Learn more.

Broadcasting at SBU

Learn the profession by practicing it.

WSBU-FM Radio — The Buzz

Our student-run campus radio station, 88.3 on the FM dial, was voted No. 9 in 2016 in The Princeton Review's "Best College Radio Station" category. Pretty impressive, right?

Sure, but we aim to get back to No. 1, where we've landed before. Twice, as a matter of fact.

And get this: We've been ranked in the top 10 for almost 20 years. We think that's down right extraordinary.

WSBU features news, music and campus events. School of Communication students work at the station for on-campus internship hours but anyone, even first-year students, can join. The station features a professional production studio, where students create promos and news stories with state-of-the-art effects and sound. Learn more and listen at www.wsbufm.com.

PRINT MEDIA

The Bona Venture

Dream of getting a front-page byline or covering a Division I sports team? Not afraid of asking top officials tough questions? Are you good at capturing the essence of an event in a single photograph? The Bona Venture has been the campus outlet for talented individuals like you since 1926, and was just ranked the No. 15 college newspaper in the country by The Princeton Review (2015 guide).

The BV, with print and online editions, welcomes students of all majors and class years. You can write for one of four major sections (News, Arts & Life, Opinion and Sports), take photos, solicit and create ads, or work in our business, marketing or online sections. No journalism experience? That's OK. We'll teach you.

The BV is published weekly. Funded by the university, it is student-run, operating independently of any of any academic school or department.

The Bonadieu (St. Bonaventure Yearbook)

The Bonadieu is a student-run organization that produces a yearbook for each graduating class. Graduating seniors receive a copy of the book after graduation.

Students of all experience levels, majors and class years are welcome to join. Students are needed to take pictures, lay out pages, write and edit content, and to work with the St. Bonaventure University's yearbook, gives students of all majors the chance to develop skills in writing, photography and design.

This is a great opportunity for School of Communication majors to gain on-campus internship hours.

For more information, contact Carol Higley at 716-375-2515 or at chigley@sbu.edu.

The Laurel (Literary Magazine)

The Laurel is St. Bonaventure's campus literary magazine and the oldest continuously published college literary magazine in the United States. Its first issue was published in 1899.

The Laurel is published twice a year, with issues in the fall and spring. All are welcome as contributors: current and former students, faculty, staff and administrators; as well as members of communities surrounding campus. Contributions of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, photos and visual art are welcome.

The Laurel's office is located in Room 8 of the Reilly Center. Dr. Richard Simpson, professor of English, has been the faculty moderator since 1980. All editorial decisions are made by student editors and staff members.

The Intrepid

The Intrepid is the only news medium created and maintained by students at St. Bonaventure University.

Since its launch in February 2011, The Intrepid has delivered hyper-localized daily news with interactive content for its community, by its community. Promoting itself as a "teaching newspaper," The Intrepid editors take the time to work with new staff writers so they understand the basic and necessary skills needed for writing news.

With many great opportunities to get involved and be part of the paper, The Intrepid invites students in all majors to join and write!
Follow the Intrepid on Facebook and Twitter.

CLUBS

American Advertising Federation (AAF) Case Study

The American Advertising Federation is a national organization designed to give colleges and universities the opportunity to create a working advertising agency on campus that will compete in the National Student Advertising Competition.

St. Bonaventure's chapter, under the name Kwerkworks, consists of 30 students, half of them journalism and mass communication majors, half marketing majors. Students can take a class for marketing credit in the School of Business or as an advertising class in the Jandoli School of Communication. Students must submit a resume and be interviewed for a position on the team.

This course serves as the capstone advertising class, providing students with the opportunity to design a strategic advertising and media campaign for a corporate sponsor.

Students present the finished campaign to various industry executives at AAF's National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) in the spring semester. This campaign project is recognized nationally as the "College World Series of Advertising."

St. Bonaventure's student advertising agency, facing competition from several major universities, took third place in the District II National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) in New York City in 2012.

The BonaWire

Join the social media movement and stay connected with St. Bonaventure's first digital media club, The BonaWire.

Are you a Twitter extraordinaire? How about an avid Instagram user? Do you find yourself browsing blogs or creating your own post? The BonaWire welcomes all kinds of creative minds to the team.

Students have the opportunity to interview bloggers from around the globe, interact with influential digital users, attend exciting events on-campus, post original content and much, much more.

Employers take note of strong digital portfolios. Need something to show in order to land your dream job? The BonaWire provides you the experience with important online platforms.